My purpose

Today there is an increasing issue with the population of teens being diagnosed with diabetes. As the generation has become more technological dependent, lazyness has increased. Lack of exercise and diet has been a positive trend that coorlates to the increase of diagnosed teens. I am using my website to raise awareness of teens with diabetes. I plan on creating a support group that will raise awareness and help teens think more about their choices when it comes to diet and how to spend their time. Having diabetes dampness the quality of life, and with the alarming number/statistics, awareness is key to decreasing the diagnosis per year.

Web Site in Progress

For my website, I am using Wix. I have chosen a professional template that will allow me to display my content in a serious and organized manner. I need to find pictures and add more to my pages

Video PSA Reflection

When creating my PSA, I ran into a few small but manageable issues. I had the biggest issue with the duration of my Video PSA. I had to reduce it from 2 minutes to 1 minute.  Due to the nature of the video I had to find a balance between seriousness and urgency. This balance was managed through the variation of pictures and text chosen. Creating a serious and semi depressing PSA was not easy. After making the PSA, I had to find an appropriate song selection to move the viewers of my PSA. I had asked RCHS student to help assist with choosing an appropriate song. This video PSA came out well in my opinion. 

IMED VIdeo

Third Post

I am not able to answer the questions for the third post because I have to meet with Pruitt. 

Capstone Media's and Plan

Due to the sensitivity of my capstone I will not use humor to address my audience. I will use a serious tone with a sense of urgency to get my different points to my audience. I will use a simple layout that is symmetrical to present my material to my audience. I plan on using simple colors like blue, red white and gray. I would like to involve other RCHS students by using them on my website and poster. My site will not be a persuasive site, it will be an informational site that will help the audience learn and understand about how diabetes affects the lives of millions Americans.  My capstone will be presented amongst many media’s such as website, poster and brochures. I have not come up with the whole capstone yet, but when I do, I will be able to better answer the questions. 

Capstone Blog Entry

The purpose of my capstone is make teenagers more aware of different types of diseases. I have chosen to help teenagers learn the different causes and effects that Type I and Type II diabetes has on people’s lives. The goal of my project is to make teenagers more aware and help them learn different methods to prevent diabetes. Teenagers can learn by seminars and activities held in the community and learn ways to practice healthy dieting and living a more active lifestyle. As the rate for obesity rises, so does the mortality from diabetes. People should be concerned as many more teenagers are being diagnosed with diabetes daily. My career and capstone correspond to each other as I am plan on working in the health industry. I haven’t decided what I plan on doing, but nutrition is a possibility. This project will give the community the opportunity to learn about good nutrition and how to keep an active lifestyle in today’s time of technology!